Gessle JR

A star is born: Gabriel Titus Gessle.

"With the initials G.T just like my Ferrari, or why not like Gyllene Tider", says Per Gessle.


He looks like he has it pretty good, Gabriel Titus Gessle, lying there with daddy Per and mummy Åsa in their home in Halmstad. He came into the world at Karolinska hospital in Stockholm on 5th of August. To the sounds of the Beatles "Yellow Submarine" came the 53 centimetre long and 3.68 kilo heavy start into the world. A big chap despite the early birth - but there were no complications and the whole family were well after the delivery. And daddy Per was happy about his son's long piano-fingers. But what the baby's name should be was still unclear. For a long time the baby's working name had been Ringo, after the drummer in the Beatles. But now Per and Åsa have agreed on Gabriel Titus Gessle. In an earlier interview in the summer Per Gessle said to Expressen that he was looking forward to become a father. Joking he said that he already had big plans for his child - "I hoping that he at least will be an ice-hockey professional or a "playmate of the year", Gessle said and laughed. Now when it's a Gabriel Titus it looks like the "playmate of the year" is no longer an option. But he can still be an ice-hockey pro. Or a popstar like Daddy.

/Expressen 97-08-29